After pitching my crime TV pilot over the past four weeks and hearing “NO” 16 consecutive times, I finally got my 1st “YES” from a producer with his own production company. Excited to hear what he thinks of the script. Nice to have someone believe in your idea enough to actually want to take his own time to read it. All I know is that today was a good day!
Screenwriting : He said YES! by Wade Taylor
He said YES!
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Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations - was that pitching through here?
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Way to stick with it!
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Emilia-Maria No. I used Virtual Pitch Fest to make that connection.
Ray Fontenault Thank you. I discovered Virtual Pitch Fest 48 hours ago & already received my first yes. They typically respond to your written pitch in as little as 24 hours & no more than 5 days. On here it typically takes them almost 3 weeks to respond to written pitches. And it’s a lot cheaper. They have so many producers & mangers to pitch to as well. It’s great to have more options as pitching is a grind & can become very disheartening when no one wants to read your script.
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That's a feel-good post Wade. Congratulations!
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Wade Taylor
That's fantastic! Congratulations!
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Wow great resilience - congrats and good luck!
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What a great feeling Wade Taylor
Darrell Pennington I appreciate it. It’s strange when you have a decent percentage of producers who like your idea, but still pass. If I liked an idea, I’d at least give the script a read - first 10-20 pages or so. How are they going to find the next great show if their answer is NO 99.9% of the time? Interesting business for sure.
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Wade Taylor agreed....I'm adopting the assumption that if enough people that get paid to evaluate others think the writing is solid then it's just how many people it has to get in front of before it connects. It's been a radical departure from where my previous career would point my mind towards haha.
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Way to go!
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Congratulations! Persistence rewards talent.
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Congrat's!
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That is SO awesome!! Congratulations x 1000
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Wade Taylor That's real. One yes changes everything. Respect the persistence, 16 NO'S is where some stop. Says a lot about your belief in the story.
Congratulations man!
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Roberto Micheletti I appreciate your encouragement!
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Best of luck!
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Wade, way to GO! Here's wishing you all the VERY BEST with that TV crime pilot!
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Hi Wade, congratulations — that’s awesome!
Can I ask something out of curiosity? When you say you got 16 “no’s,” where were you pitching? Are those specific platforms, competitions, or direct outreach?
I’m still figuring out how this whole process works, so I’d really appreciate any insight.
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Nataly Kiut The majority of the No’s were on this platform. The others were on Virtual Pitch Fest. VPF has a much quicker turnaround time-24 hours-5 days. Some of my pitches on here didn’t receive replies for almost 3 weeks. I received good responses on here to my pitches, but everyone passed on reading my scripts. I was told that the industry is not looking for period pieces at the moment or dramas. My pitches were in those two categories. It would have been nice to know that ahead of time. I would have saved a lot of money.
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Thank you for sharing. That really sounds like a tough and honestly a bit discouraging experience.
I wish you the best of luck with your period projects — and I truly hope you’ll get to see your film on screen one day
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Nataly Kiut I appreciate it. One can only hope that the powers that be start giving some new writers an opportunity to get their scripts read. So many shows on the networks & streaming are so hard to watch. The writing is weak & the shows lack originality & creativity. It’s hard to believe that what we have to watch is the very best being offered by writers. There is no reason to have such subpar programming. Too many talented writers are being overlooked. Not sure if or when that’s going to change.